Trial ends after legal argument

The trial of a priest charged with the sexual abuse of two brothers in a Co Galway school in the 1970s collapsed at Galway Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

Trial ends after legal argument
Fri, 17 May, 2013 - 01:00
Ann Healy

The priest had denied 10 charges of sexual assault which were alleged to have occurred in 1970 and 1971 in the school.

Archbishop of Tuam, Dr Michael Neary, a witness for the prosecution, gave evidence on the third day of the trial.

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